Vision and Action

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Vision and Action
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Laurence R. Harris
Edited by Michael Jenkin
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:384
Dimensions(mm): Height 244,Width 170
Category/GenreNeurosciences
ISBN/Barcode 9780521148399
ClassificationsDewey:152.14
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 26 August 2010
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

The visual processes involved in moving, reaching, grasping, and playing sports are complex interactions. For example, the action of moving the head provides useful cues to help interpret the visual information. Simultaneously, vision can provide important information about the actions and their control. This becomes a reiterative process. This process, and the interactions between vision and action, are the foci of this volume. This book contains contributions from scientists who are leaders in each of the several facets of the subject. Examples of the types of action considered vary from moving the eyes and head and body, as in looking around or walking, to complex actions such as driving a car, catching a ball, or playing table tennis. Graduate students and researchers in vision science, as well as physiologists and neuroscientists interested in any aspect of sensory or motor processes, will find this a useful and broad-ranging book.